Wrench



(No Model.)

. W. H. RUSH. WRENCH.

Patented Feb. 4, 1896.

for "a fel-ing with each other.

' UNITED STATES wILIJAiI IIENRY niIsII,y or sKIDMoEE, 'IEXAsQ` y WRENCH.

. SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 554,225, dated Febrtlary 4, 1896.

Application Sled .Tune 17, 1.895. Serial llo. 553,032. (Fo model.) l

5 Texas, have invented certain new and useful y Improvements in Wrenches; and I do here.

by declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which :o it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in wrenches, and more particularly to that class of such devices as comprise a plurality of tools or parts adapted variety of uses whereby a person may haveV in ...the one instrument` a wrench, a screw-driver, hammenhatchet, auger, pipef cutter, and a variety'of tools, thus effecting a saving of Space besides always having the zo various implements handy for use.

The present invention hasfor its object `among othersto provide a simple and yet durable and eieient device of this character which can be manufactured andsold ata 2 5 minimum cost, so as to place the same within the means of every one.

Ay further object` is to so construct the body portion of the tool as to adapt it for the readyat-tachment of the desired implement;

.y `3o further, to so construct the'said body part that a great number of the tools Vmay be mounted l thereon at one time and each accessible for use without removing any one part and with-y out the various parts mounted thereon inter- I aim also at general ilnprovemcnts in the details of construction. A

Other obj eets and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear, and the novel 4o features thereof will be specifically defined by the appended claims.

The invention in the present instance resides in the peculiar combinations and the construction, arrangement, and adaptation `of parts, all as more fully hereinafter described, shown-in the drawings and then particularly ,pointed out in the claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the let- 5o..ters of reference `marked thereon, form apart of this specification, and in whichl-`gure ll. isa perspective view of the im-- proved'implement with numerous ofthe tools in position for use, partly broken away. Fig.

2 shows the bolt-clamping jaws removed.

Fig. 3 is a View of the jaw in one piece .with a rectangular opening for holding a tap. Fig. 4 is a view ofthe jaws/with the bolt-cutter partly broken'away. Fig. 5 isa view of a hatchet-bladeldetached from the implement.

Like letters of reference are employed to designate correspondingparts throughOut the several viewsinwhich they appear.

In the drawings,fA designates one of the jaws or bars of the frame of .the wrench, which are pivotally connected at one end, as by the link or bara', which works in recesses fa in the adjacentportionsof the parts A A,

and held therein in any" suitable manner. These ends of the bars of the frame are formed with the lateral, portions A, each 0f which is toi-med in its outer face `with an opening a', preferably screw threaded to receive 'the threaded Shanks of the implements which it may be -desiredy tohhold therein. In Fig. l I have shown in one of said openings a hammer-head Il with a threaded shank l), while inwthe other is a claw C wi th a screw-threaded shank c. Thesemayberemoved and in lien of either a hatchet-blade D substituted.

One of the lateral portions abovedcseribed is provided ywith an opening a? in itsfcnd face, in which maybe held a screw-,driver E or any other desired tool. Thismay be -removed and a gimletor auger pnt in its place when desired. I l

One of the bars A is formed in addition'to its lateral portion with a parallel lug A,which co-operates with the saidl lateral'portion to form a Wrench for nuts or other purposes.

The bars or jaws A A are formed `between 4their ends with the offsets A4, which form the substantially .diamond shaped opening in which are designed to be held the diierent jaws, as shown in Fig. land those shown detached in Figs. 2, 3 and 4. The jaws shown rlhe jaws shown in Fig. 1 ma f be removed A as screw-bolts L, as shown in Fig. 1.

and either of the jaws shown in Figs. 2, 3 or 4 substituted therefor, according to the character of the work to 'be done. The jaws G (shown in Fig. 2) are formed upon their adjacent faces with the serrated portions g, designed for clamping bolts to prevent them from turning when desired. They are also provided with pins or projections similar to those on the jaws shown in Fig. 1.

The jaws H (shown in Fig. 3) may be in two pieces, as shown, or in one piece, preferably the latter, and at the center is a rectangular opening h for holdin g a tap for cutting threads in nuts or taps.

In Fig. 4 are shown jaws T, provided with the pins i and upon their adjacent faces with curved openings fi', and one of the jaws is recessed, as seen at it, and in this recess is j ournaled a bolt-cutter K of any well-known or approved construction designed to cut bolts.

The bars A A of the frame are held together to bind the jaws in place by suitable means,

The adjacentfaces'of the bars A A may be provided with notches I, as shown in Fig. 1, in which may be held the Shanks of gimlets or any other. small tool, if desired.

One of the bars A is formed between the lateral portion thereof and the outermost portion of itsoiset with the grooves M upon opposite sides of the jaw and the outer face of the inclined portion of the bar is formed with the notches or teeth N, with which is designed to engage the point of a pawl O, which is pivoted between the bifurcations p of the jaw P,

which is mounted to slide on the Abai- A, having the anges q with inturned ends q', which engage in theV grooves M of the bar and prevent lateral displacement of the jaw yet permittingof its being adjusted to'accommodate nuts of different sizes, the said jaw operating in conjunction with the lateral portion at the end of the bar A, as will be understood from Fig. 1. The pawl holds theijaw in'its adj usted position and permits of ready adjustment.

The advantages of the combination -wrench above described will be readily appreciated,

f and its manner of use will be understood by any one familiar with this class of implements.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is l j v Y 1. The combination with the bars having offsets one of which is formed upon `its opposite sides with grooves and with `openings to receive lugs on clamping-j aws removably held in said offsets, of a jaw having flanges with portions working in said grooves, substantially as specified.

2. The combination-tool described consist ing of the bars pivotally connected together and each formed with an offset and a lateral portion, a screw-bolt for holding the jaws or bars together, an adjustable jaw mounted to I.

slide on one of the bars and provided with a bifurcated upright, a pawl mounted on a pivot lheld .in said bifurcated upright, toolsf'detach- 

